Category Archives: Current Events

To Fete or Not to Fete

This should create interesting conversation. As many Muslims in America know, Eid al-Fitr is coming soon. Inshallah it will be celebrated either on September 9 or 10. And as has been the custom for several years, many Muslim communities around the country will have some sort of Eid celebration at a local theme park, most likely on ...

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Israel: Up to Their Old Tricks Again

Why should we be surprised at Israel's atrocious attack against the Freedom Flotilla? I'm going to spare you the details as I'm sure most, if not all, of you know the story by now. This is nothing new to Israel. Israel is a nation born of deceit and raised on violence and aggression. Heck, even the ...

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American News Sucks!

It's official. Well, it's always been official. American news agencies suck. The three major cable news networks (CNN, MSNBC, FNC) are all about ratings. Hence, they make sure they cater towards certain segments of the population. Fox (FNC) is conservative. MSNBC is liberal. CNN is somewhere in between. Their primary ...

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So We’re Not Just Imagining Things

Some Muslims don't like to talk about conspiracies. And some Muslims talk about conspiracies too often. But at least this is one conspiracy that a non-Muslim, secular organization can attest to. Amnesty International complained ...

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Facebook’s Draw Muhammad Day

They've thrown down the gauntlet. If you still believe this has anything to do with free speech, you're fooling yourself. This is about non-Muslims (primarily secularists and atheists) who hate Islam and want to rub it in our face. This is not the first time they've gone out of their way to insult Islam, and it won't ...

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The Plutocracy

I've always knew things were kinda screwy in this country. Now my feelings of doom and gloom are growing stronger. I just watched Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" yesterday. I may not agree ...

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Goldman Sachs: Eff ‘Em

I know it's been a while since I've posted anything. But I finally found something I think is very worthwhile. The clip on this page is from the Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert. In this episode (I think it's dated Dec. 9th) he interviewed a journalist named Matt Taibbi about investment banking firm (I think they're ...

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Marwa Habib

I found this out from a Facebook page. I know these things happen all the time, but Inshallah, when we find wrong or danger, it's our duty to speak out against it or try to help. Otherwise, it will just continue. Marwa Habib is a three year old Pakistani girl who was kidnapped on Eid ul Adha ...

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